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Updated: Tuesday the 30th of October, 2018

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Photography Tour Overview: Big Bend National Park is desert, Rio Grande canyon and river, Chisos mountain range, mammal, bird and flora. Also included are San Antonio side-bars such as the Riverwalk and
the infamous Alamo. Starting and finishing our Texas sojourn in San Antonio, you will find that Big Bend National Park offers plenty for the photographer. This is peak wildflower and bird visibility time in the park, and you'll be kept busy with the contrasting fusion's of mountain, river, desert and colorful cacti. Big Bend is the least visited of America’s National Parks due its remote location, and is one of the last remaining wild corners of the United States with unmatched sights, and a peaceful solitude. Native American folklore records that, "After making Earth, the Creator simply 'dumped' all the remaining rock at Big Bend". That all sounds photogenic, but photograph the place for yourself in the slanting March light.

Our
itinerary . . .

But wait just a moment, first things first! We suggest that you set your camera's clock to the local time, as your images will then synchronize with the times in our included photo tour
field notes.

Day 1 |
The Alamo, San Antonio Our Big Bend national park tour starts at our
downtown San Antonio
hotel at 12 noon with a digital preview of the trip, and the included lunch.
We'll then head to the Alamo which was established in 1718 as a
Franciscan
Mission, but fell in 1836. We'll then amble about San Antonio's
photogenic spots in the downtown area. Dinner will be taken on San Antonio's Riverwalk which is photogenic in its own right,
and that will be followed with twilight shots of the Alamo.San Antonio, 1 Night

Day 2 | To Big
Bend National ParkDawn at the Alamo if a poignant silhouette is of interest to you, then following breakfast we'll go west throughout the day. Bandera is the 'Cowboy capital of the world', and the surrounding countryside is usually dotted with 'outbreaks' of Bluebonnets and other wildflowers, and be worthy of several stops. Via Uvalde and Del Rio - Mexico now just a big stones throw away - to the
Pecos River, and a few 'water-scapes' there before continuing on via Marathon to Big Bend National Park in time for the late light.
Near Big Bend National Park, 4 nights

Days 3, 4 + 5 | Big
Bend National ParkWe'll have three whole days and a 'pinch' of day
6 to explore this compact, but 'rich' terrain. Loop trips each day will see us photographing at many, many points around the park including the Chisos Mountains; the Rio Grande; the Grapevine Hills; Santa Elena canyon etcetera. Both from our minibus and easy walks, we shall be on the look-out for Coyote, Jackrabbit, Roadrunner, Javelina and Golden Eagle, plus flora including Rainbow, Pricklypear, Claretcup, Button and Strawberry Pitaya Cacti etcetera. Throw in the early and late light excursions and you will return home with many memorable images.

Day 6 | To San
AntonioWe'll finish our 'photo business' in Big Bend National Park this morning, and then return eastwards shooting wildflowers and serendipitous subjects as we go. There will be ample stops as always, and we shall return to San Antonio
for hotel check-in followed by additional downtown photography, dinner and the
floodlit Alamo.
The included dinner on the last night of our photography tour will feature an 'It's You!' presentation of clients in action by John.San Antonio, 1 Night

Day 7 | Departure dayAs there isn't any photography scheduled for the day of departure, your flight home can be arranged for any time today.

Photo Tour Photographer/Leader: John Baker, Travel Images Photography Tours
The preceding itinerary is a copyrighted work by John Baker Photographer LLC, and Travel Images Photography Tours

Enhancing Your Photography Skills: Describing the assistance you'll receive on one of our photography tours takes more than a few words, so for greater detail please go here.

Exertion level: This photography tour is classified as 'mildly strenuous' to 'strenuous'

We take some simple trails in Big Bend National
Park, which really only become strenuous if the
temperature on the day is above 75 degrees
Fahrenheit

In every other respect this photography tour is considered non-strenuous to moderately strenuous

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Photography Tour Cost, the Fine Details and Enrollment

Trip Cost:
$2,986 USD per person not including airfare. A 5% discount is applied to all double occupancies. A single room supplement is required for single occupancy

Single Supplement: 14% of the base cost of the trip

The
deposit for this photography tour is $300. Pay a deposit, or your full trip
balance
here

Included in the Trip Cost: The following items are included in the trip cost . . .

Photography instruction throughout the trip by John

All accommodations with private facilities [ensuite]

All breakfasts

Lunch on day one of the trip

Dinner on the last night of the trip

On-vehicle snacks and bottled water

All ground transportation

Airport pick-up on day 1, and drop-off on departure day. Arrival prior to day 1 is not included